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steam-engine. In 1795, the Earl revived the project of 

 Gencvois, the pastor of Berne, to impel boats with duck- 

 feet oars, but he coakl not cause his vessel to move at a 

 higher rate than three miles an hour.] 



CHARLES LENNOX, FIRST DUKE OF RICHMOND. 



(2"'' S. ii. 5.) 



The following account of the Duke of Rich- 

 mond's reconversion to the English Church is pre- 

 served in Bishop Kennett's Collections, vol. liv. 

 p. 216. (Lansdown MS. 988.), and is entitled : 



" The Declaration of the Duke of Richmond, when he 

 was restored to the Communion of the Church of England 

 in Lambeth Palace, May 15th, being Whit-Sunday, 1692." 



" Do you sincerely, in the presence of Almighty God, 

 the Searcher of all hearts, and before this assembly, de- 

 clare j'our hearty contrition and repentance for having 

 publicly renounced and abjured the Reformed Religion 

 professed in the Church of England, in which you were 

 baptized and bred? And that you are truly sensible 

 that in so doing j-ou have grievously offended Almighty 

 God, and given just cause of scandal to others, for which 

 you beg forgiveness of God and men ? 



" Answer. All this I do declare from my heart. 



" Do you solemnl}' retract the said abjuration, and now 

 sincerely renounce all the errors and corruptions of the 

 Church of Rome; being convinced in your conscience, 

 that in many of their doctrines and practices they have 

 departed from the primitive Christianity: particularly, 

 do you renounce all the new articles which Pope Pius IV. 

 hath added to the Apostles' Creed, and which were esta- 

 blished in the Council of Trent? 



" Ans. I do sincerely, as in the presence of God. 



" Do you solemnly promise before God and this con- 

 gregation, that you will, by God's grace, continue sted- 

 fast in the profession you have made to the end of your 

 life? 



" Ans. I promise, by the grace of God, so to do. 



" Do you desire to be admitted to Confirmation accord- 

 ing to the Order of the Church of England, to the Com- 

 munion whereof you are now restored ? 



" Ans. It is my desire. 



" The Duke of Richmond's Declaration, subscribed with his 

 hand, May 15, 1692. 



" I, Charles Duke of Richmond and Lenox, do sincerely 

 in the presence of Almighty God, the Searcher of all 

 hearts, and before this Assembly, declare my hearty con- 

 trition and repentance for having publicly renounced and 

 abjured the Reformed Religion professed in the Church of 

 England, in which I was baptized and bred. And am 

 truly sensible, that in so doing I have grievously offended 

 Almighty God, and given just cause of scandal to others : 

 for which I beg forgiveness of God and men. And I do 

 solemnly retract the said abjuration, and do nov/ sin- 

 cerely renounce all the errors and corruptions of the 

 Church of Rome, being convinced in my conscience that 

 in many of their doctrines and practices they have de- 

 parted from the primitive Christianity. Particularly, I 

 do renounce all the new articles which Pope Pius IV. 

 hath added to the Apostles' Creed, and which were esta- 

 blished in the Council of Trent. And I do solemnly 

 promise before God and this congregation, that I will by 

 God's grace continue stedfast in the profession I have now 



made to the end of ray life. And in testimony of this 

 my unfeigned repentance and resolutions, I do hereunto 

 subscribe my name, the 15th day of May 1692. 



" Chaules Richmond. 



" In the presence of Step. Fox, James Chadwick, Geo. 

 Royse, Ra. Barker, A. Hill, Ralph Snow." 



J. Yeowell. 



ROYAL regiment OF ARTILLERY. 



(2"'» S. i. 278.) 



The following notice of the distinct formation 

 of the Royal Fusileers and Royal Regiment of 

 Artillery, will set the question of the identity of 

 these corps at rest. I have inserted a quotation 

 from Mr. Cannon's Records of the British Army, 

 which may be interesting to your readers. 



R. R. A. will find a history of his regiment at 

 Mr. J. W. Parker's establishment in the Strand ; 

 also in Kane's History of the Royal Artillery, in 

 the garrison library at Woolwich : — 



" In 1664 King Charles II. raised a corps for sea- 

 service, styled the Admiral's regiment. In 1678 each 

 company of 100 men usually consisted of 30 pikemen, 

 60 musketeers, and 10 men armed with light firelocks. 

 In this year the King added a company of men armed 

 with hand-grenades to each of the old British regiments, 

 which was designated the 'grenadier companj'.' Daggers 

 were so contrived as to fit in the muzzles of the muskets, 

 and bayonets, similar to those at pi'esent in use, were 

 adopted' about twenty j-ears afterwards. 



" An Ordnance regiment was raised in 1685, by order 

 of King James II., to guard the artillerj^, and was desig- 

 nated the Royal Fusiliers (now 7th Foot). This corps, 

 and the companies of grenadiers, did not carry pikes. 



" Queen Anne succeeded to the throne of England, 

 March 8, 1702 ; and during her reign, the pikes hitherto 

 in use were laid aside, and every infantry soldier was 

 armed with a musket, baj'onet, and sword ; the grenadiers 

 ceased, about the same period, to carry hand grenades: 

 the corps of Royal Artillery was first added to the army 

 in this reign." 



The first Colonel-commandant of the Royal 

 Artillery was Albert Borgard, who was appointed 

 April 14, 1705 ; and died in 1750, on March 8 of 

 which year he was succeeded by Colonel William 

 Belford. 



The occasion of raising the corps now known 

 as the 7th Regiment, or Royal Fusileers, was as 

 follows. The invention of gunpowder, in 1320, 

 was followed in 1338 by the introduction of can- 

 non ; but many years elapsed before a corps of 

 artillery was added to the army. The guns were 

 fired by men hired for the purpose : non-com- 

 missioned officers, and soldiers were frequently 

 employed as gunners, and the care and protection 

 of the guns were confided to particular corps. 



On the augmentation of the army during the 

 rebellion of James Duke of Monmouth, in June 

 1685, King James II. resolved that the first of 

 the newly-raised infantry corps should be an 

 ordnance regiment for the care and protection of 

 the cannon, of which corps his majesty appointed 



